Kozhikode: Hi School Kuttikootam, a project to form a network of students’ IT clubs with the support of organisations like Google, was launched at Nadakkavu Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School on Monday. This is a pilot project of IT@School and the students of nearly 15 schools, who are part of the mission, developed their own animation movies with the assistance of experts.
The project covers the four districts of Alappuzha, Thrissur (Pudukad), Kozhikode (Kozhikode North) and Kannur (Thaliparamba). “Each school will form IT clubs with 20 students in one club. The activities of the club would be carried out without affecting the regular classes,” said Mr E. Suresh, IT@School faculty.
The students will be given training in animation during the two-day camp. In the second phase of the project, they will be given training in five areas, including animation and multimedia, hardware, electronics, language computing and internet and cyber safety, he said. The education department aims to create a club related to IT among the students, similar to Students Police Cadets. They will get in-depth training in ICT, group and collaborative learning, internet usage and cyber crimes.
